Example sentences of "how [vb mod] [pron] [vb infin] for " in BNC.
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1 | How should we account for their racism and sexism ? |
2 | It had seemed a good idea , but how could she ask for Dana in a strange shop ? |
3 | Then why had her hands become inexplicably clammy — and how could she account for the unsteadiness of her breathing ? |
4 | How could she work for him ? |
5 | Well he says er how could you vote for Kinnock he says because the press attacks him and he does n't defend himself ! |
6 | From my point of view , if someone was totally pissed and just got off with you and really embarrassed about it and thought , you know , oh my God how could I go for her I think that 's , do you think that 's worse than them saying , than it being a bit of a joke ? |
7 | ‘ How shall we pray for our children ? … |
8 | The Collector 's lips moved but his mind had already wandered away , besieged by practical questions … how would they manage for privies with so many people in the banqueting hall , assuming that they were driven out of the Residency ? |
9 | In the worst case picture , how would we pay for that ? |
10 | For one thing , how would one know for sure that at any given moment a response of the bantering sort is truly what is expected ? |
11 | How will I live for the next hour . |
12 | Inwardly distraught but aware that sight of her grief would further gratify her husband 's butcher , she said with pride and defiance , said Bloody Clavers. retorted the widow , ‘ But how will you answer for this mornin 's work ? ’ |
13 | ‘ How will you pay for your ticket ? ’ he enquired gently . |
14 | As the Chancellor has decimated British industry , how will he pay for all the public borrowing ? |
15 | The series prompts the question : How can we settle for a portraiture less complex than this ? |
16 | How can we write for instruments if we know nothing about them ? |
17 | HOW CAN WE WORK FOR CHANGE ? |
18 | And so , on 9 February , 1950 , to a startled audience of women Republicans in Wheeling , West Virginia , McCarthy raised the favourite bogey : ‘ How can we account for our present situation unless we believe that men high in this government are concerting to deliver us to disaster ? |
19 | And how can we account for its appearance now when less than two years ago , Reagan and his government-shrinking colleagues attempted an across-the-board 12-per cent blood-letting on the research and development budget they had inherited from Jimmy Carter ? |
20 | What alternative was offered , and how can we account for its lack of success and ultimate demise in the interwar period ? |
21 | So how can we predict for a given metal which case will apply ? |
22 | How can we allow for the possibility that someone might request an opinion antagonistically , by picking on someone who does not want to speak ? |
23 | We were n't really in love , but it seemed a very great deal like it at the time , before we spoiled it ; we both thought we were , and how can you tell for sure when it 's the first time and you 've nothing to compare it with ? |
24 | But when I let go of these weapons , how can I fight for my people ? ’ |